This has been an eventful year! Laury is still active with the Santa Barbara Symphony & was instrumental (excuse the pun) in the selection of the new music director, Nir Kabaretti. Announced at a Gala Ball, she was the 1st to congratulate him! He is very young (38) & hasn’t had an American orchestra so there is quite a bit of adjustment going on, all for the better. She also plays chamber music weekly with some fine, friendly local musicians, enjoying the 1st violin parts.
Gary is very busy teaching computer skills to the local realtors & doing lots of consulting. He continues to write a tech column for both Society of Composers & Lyricists and Casa Magazine. He also hosts a regular radio show (Mon. 9AM, 1290) called Santa Barbara Tech Talk. Keeping up with technology, he also pod casts from our web site (stats & select homes). Listen to him at www.santabarbaraproperties.com
Good news this year, Jim graduated from California Institute of the Arts as a CHEF! With honors! He now works for Disneyland at its California Adventure. The bad news – he and Jennifer have split up. Very sad. Still see the kids and they are delightful- almost 4 and still very much fun.
Jeanette is overworked & understaffed but next year she will be a salaried employee and supervisor at her IT job with Clipper Wind.
On the home front,we have started our upstairs bath remodel. It should be finished early next year so if you want a great weekend, come up and visit us!
Looking for a happy, healthy & and prosperous New Year for all!
Love & Peace,
Gary and Laury